School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)
ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9924 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) recorded 0.9924 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) peaked at 1.05 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.82 GPIA, in 1999.
ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) ranks 82nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.82 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.8247 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8374 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8499 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9142 GPIA | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9093 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9241 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9324 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9418 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9626 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9788 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9745 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9803 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9843 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.03 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9861 GPIA | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9888 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9911 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9876 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.984 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9861 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9924 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.82 GPIA | 0.82 GPIA | 0.82 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9075 GPIA | 0.8247 GPIA | 0.9788 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9745 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9882 GPIA | 0.984 GPIA | 0.9924 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)
- 79 United States of America 1 GPIA compare
- 80 Oman 1 GPIA compare
- 81 Palestine, State of 1 GPIA compare
- 82 Switzerland 1 GPIA compare
- 83 Denmark 1 GPIA compare
- 84 Ghana 0.9998 GPIA compare
- 85 Belarus 0.9997 GPIA compare
More education data for ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.5261 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 100.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.1925 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 93.84 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 108.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) was 0.9924 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.82 GPIA in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) ranks 82nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release